I love this smoking ban.....?

Question

but how many smokers agree it's a good thing too, or are the government eroding our rights.
The booze is next...you just watch

Answer 1

I think it's great. Saving me a fortune. I smoke - call it a by-product of 15 years in the forces and the sh*t that went with the job description.
My wife & I used to go into town twice a month - taxi in, good meal with a bottle wine, taxi out to our local, few bevvies, walk home. Cost about £250 a month.
Changed that at beginning of June ready for the ban. Now we do once a month. Drive in, Good meal with a coke, Drive out. Have a bottle of wine at home. Cost about £50. What a saving!!
We now have the self styled "smoking fraternity" circle of friends. We meet regularly at each others house, have a meal, have a drink etc. Whats really funny is that it includes the owner of the pub we used to frequent every Saturday night. He has to come to us because of course we can't smoke at his place.

As for whats next? Who knows - Who cares.
Closing pubs to stop alcohol abuse - No problem, Not welcome anyway.
Closing down fast food take aways to combat obesity - don't eat the sh*t.
Congestion charges - Self employed so i'll travel at night.
ID cards in 2012 - Emigrating in 5 years anyway.

The propoganda experts who advise the Government work on the principle that with enough spin they can get any legislation supported in this country. They haven't be proven wrong yet.

As for rights - they just keep pecking away at it a little at a time so that good old Joe Public doesn't become too alarmed. When they do it will be far, far too late.

Answer 2

They're not taking away your right to make your own decision. The ban is not an outright ban on smoking, it simply bans people from smoking in restaurants, public areas, etc. They are NOT banning smoking within your own home. My state only has a ban on smoking in public buildings and in cars. Other than that, we don't have many other smoking bans, but that's probably because of Phillip Morris and their lobbying (their HQ is in Richmond, Virginia). I agree with smoking bans in public places and in restaurants. Second hand smoke is harmful to people who don't smoke, and I don't want to be exposed to that as a non-smoker. I do NOT want to sit in a restaurant and have tobacco smoke blowing into my face, I don't want to smell it either ... even in restaurants where they have a special section for smoking, any non-smoker will tell you that the smell goes throughout the entire building. Tobacco and marijuana should both be legal ... to smoke in private residences or specifically designated areas of public places, but nowhere else. These are habits that produce a smoke that effects others (smell, taste, second hand smoke, etc) therefore the government DOES have a right to regulate it in *public* places for public health reasons.

Answer 3

I hate the hypocricy.
If smoking is so bad then why don't they just ban the sale of all tobacco products?
This is the same corrupt government that extended licensing hours so that people could drink more for longer. Does smoking cause more harm than alcohol or did the tobacco companies not offer as big a bribe as the booze companies did?

Answer 4

I really hope that alcohol is next! Statistics say that 3 out of 5 people have a problem with drinking! Those facts are much worse than the worries about smoking! And look at all the lives that alcohol had ruined! Too many to count!

Answer 5

The hard truth known about the smoking ban it would probably be more sexist is nature and prejudice against women than anything else.
Think about it for a second! Not a word not even a peep was said about smoking as long as it was only mostly men smoking.
Smoking or not smoking didn't become an issue until women also started smoking in large numbers.

Answer 6

I gave up smoking for health reasons but when I used to smoke I loved it. My latest trend was going into Churchill's club and smoke cigars. So just like the Churchill's club - why can't smokers have their own clubs or pubs - we have now gay clubs and gay pubs - so why not smokers?

I am fed up with this government telling people what to do and not to do - has anyone thought about the taxes that would be lost if the tobacco industry loses money? what will be the next target?

Answer 7

The so-called smoking ban is just the latest in a string of behavior-control laws. When the members of a society seek protection from even perceived dangers by turning to a government to enact laws concerning behavior, what you have is the foundation of a totalitarian state, where everyone's personal freedoms are at risk. Today, smoking; tommorrow, alcohol; the next day, overeating; and the day after that, controversial speech. When it hits that point, the show's over. Say Goodnight, Gracie.

Answer 8

im a smoker but this has given me the incentive to give up.it s taken away my human rights but in all fairness i dont care. i was in the pub most of the day on sunday and never had a smoke all day then yesterday at work was the same its now day three and i still havent had a smoke so its got to be good i dont seem to be struggling cos its easy when your in a place your not allowed to smoke in you dont feel the need for them and i have been smoking now for about 27 yrs less 3 days lol

Answer 9

One of the best things the government ever did was to ban smoking in pubs..
Here in Wales the ban came in on April 2nd..
I have not been to a pub since before that date and I have sure saved a few pounds.
It will be the beer that gets banned next...I have noticed how , over the past few weeks, it has featured in the newspapers a lot.

Then a start on banning the motor car....then it will be sweets and chocolate...and takeaways..

And I dont care..
....I dont drink...I dont drive and I dont do takeaways and I am not a lover of sweets and chocolates.

And ..PLEASE...you NON smokers...dont waste your breath asking me to step in and campaign on your behalf.

Answer 10

I agree with it in places where people are eating but in pubs and clubs I don't agree. It's worse for people in pubs because the older generation go there who have been smoking in there for years and it's part of their night out - a pint and a cig. You can't even smoke in bus shelters aparantly - how OTT?
You're right though, soon drink will be banned - I'll move out of the country if a prohibiton law comes in!!